Impressive: 2011 Subaru WRX STI Runs 7:55 @ Nurburgring

370z4Steve · 06-09-2010, 06:14 PM

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Originally Posted by molamann

2011 Subaru Impreza WRX STI Sets Nürburgring Lap Record - Feature - Auto Reviews - Car and Driver

wow the driver had never been on the ring before and was basically going for it with little previous knowledge of the track according to the car and driver article

"Afterward, when we asked how much time Mäkinen had on the track before the record run, one of the Subaru guys laughed. “We asked him to learn the circuit on PlayStation, but he never did it.” The Finn’s response: “I wanted to, but it was the Japanese version.” A certain Herr Schmidt, a German member of the STI development team who is very familiar with the ‘Ring, took Mäkinen out the first time he was at the track and showed him around. He told me that a normal person needs about 50 laps to improve their time. Mäkinen did so in maybe five. “He ran unbelievably quickly.”

Mäkinen says that, as a rally driver, he’s developed good “road memory” and didn’t need to run the track too many times. He said he viewed it like any rally stage, except without any pace notes, and shrugged it off by saying the hardest part for him was adjusting to the car’s right-hand-drive setup. "

it could have been even faster then...

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